A deal with Dundee City Council to lease land just south of Riverside Drive was given unanimous approval by councillors on the Fair Work, Economic Growth and Infrastructure  Committee on Monday.

The project, which will be built and managed by the Dundee FC Community Trust, will also be available to the wider community, the club’s youth academy and the girls’ and women’s teams. But it could also be used by the first team.

The Community Trust has funding in place through the SFA Grassroots Pitch and Facilities Fund as well as the UK Government Levelling Up Fund. And that money will be matched by the Keyes family – who have been long-time backers of Dundee’s charity arm.

A planning permission application will be submitted as soon as possible.

The land in question, which is already used for amateur football matches, stretches from the car park and path along the Tay across to Riverside Drive and from the Bridgeview Restaurant to a University of Dundee complex, which is sectioned off by a line of trees.

The proposal is separate from the planning application by Dark Blue Property Holdings, jointly owned by Dundee FC managing director John Nelms, for a new stadium complex at Camperdown Park.

That project is currently going through the process of obtaining planning permission in principle.